Baltimore will no longer prosecute drug possession, prostitution, low-level crimes

[Cuddles]

A year ago, as the coronavirus began to spread across Maryland, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby stopped prosecuting drug possession, prostitution, minor traffic violations and other low-level offenses, a move aimed at curbing Covid-19's spread behind bars.

That shift — repeated by prosecutors in many other cities — didn’t just reduce jail populations. In Baltimore, nearly all categories of crime have since declined, confirming to Mosby what she and criminal justice experts have argued for years: Crackdowns on quality-of-life crimes are not necessary for stopping more serious crime.

On Friday, Mosby announced that she was making her pandemic experiment permanent, saying Baltimore — for decades notorious for runaway violence and rough policing — had become a case study in criminal justice reform.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...level-n1262209

 

[Mercor]

This change should be done by the Baltimore city council under a statutory structure and not to be applied by discretion
Also 2020 may not be the best year to create a base to measure against, since people were home all day.
With ever growing racism against whites it should be a law and not discretion
But its a good hook to do what they wanted to do all along

 

[El OchoCinco]

Well I know where I am going for my hookers and blow now...

 

[FortuneTeller]

Baltimore will become even a bigger cesspool than it already is. How stupid of them.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

Many of us have absolutely no problem acknowledging that living in lockdown has had a beneficial effect on the crime rate in some communities where large portions of the citizenry are unable to control their behavior. Similarly I have stated that parts of Chicago should be placed under martial law until law and order can be restored.

Lockdown, curfew, and martial law should never be the goals of a free society but may be appropriate for those areas that have collapsed. I mention Chicago and Baltimore as parts of the dem plantation but would also include parts of Seattle and Portland which are run by the dem plantation owners.

 

[ph1l]

A year ago, as the coronavirus began to spread across Maryland, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby stopped prosecuting drug possession, prostitution, minor traffic violations and other low-level offenses, a move aimed at curbing Covid-19's spread behind bars.

That shift — repeated by prosecutors in many other cities — didn’t just reduce jail populations. In Baltimore, nearly all categories of crime have since declined, confirming to Mosby what she and criminal justice experts have argued for years: Crackdowns on quality-of-life crimes are not necessary for stopping more serious crime.

On Friday, Mosby announced that she was making her pandemic experiment permanent, saying Baltimore — for decades notorious for runaway violence and rough policing — had become a case study in criminal justice reform.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...level-n1262209

Wow, who would have thought after narrowing the definition of crime, the number of crimes would be lower? Maybe they should write a law saying nothing is a crime? Then Baltimore would be off lists like this!
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-most-dangerous-cities-in-america/48/

The most dangerous cities in America, ranked
4. Baltimore, Maryland

SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES
The violent crime rate in Baltimore is 1,859 per 100,000 people.

In 2019, 348 people in Baltimore were murdered.

 

[VEGASDESERT]

Democrat run cities so awful they gave up